Nurses’ perceptions of patient participation in hemodialysis treatment

The aim of this study is to explore how nurses perceive patient participations of patients over 75 years old undergoing hemodialysis treatment in dialysis units, and of their next of kin. Ten nurses told stories about what happened in the dialysis units. These stories were analyzed with critical dis...

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VerfasserInnen: Aasen, Elin Margrethe (VerfasserIn) ; Kvangarsnes, Marit (VerfasserIn) ; Heggen, Kåre (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Review
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage 2012
In: Nursing ethics
Jahr: 2012, Band: 19, Heft: 3, Seiten: 419-430
weitere Schlagwörter:B Book review
B Hemodialysis
B patient participation
B Critical Discourse Analysis
B next of kin
B Elderly
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this study is to explore how nurses perceive patient participations of patients over 75 years old undergoing hemodialysis treatment in dialysis units, and of their next of kin. Ten nurses told stories about what happened in the dialysis units. These stories were analyzed with critical discourse analysis. Three discursive practices are found: (1) the nurses’ power and control; (2) sharing power with the patient; and (3) transferring power to the next of kin. The first and the predominant discursive practice can be explained with an ideology of paternalism, in which the nurses used biomedical explanations and the ethical principle of benefice to justify their actions. The second can be explained with an ideology of participation, in which the nurses used ethical narratives as a way to let the patients participate in the treatment. The third seemed to involve autonomous decision-making and the ethical principle of autonomy for the next of kin in the difficult end-of-life decisions.
ISSN:1477-0989
Enthält:Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0969733011429015